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Placerville

American  
[plas-er-vil] / ˈplæs ərˌvɪl /

noun

  1. a town in central California; 19th-century gold-mining center.


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Once in the woods, Napoletano asked to be let out of the car to go to the bathroom, and hitchhiked back to Placerville.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

The disappearance of the two girls caused barely a ripple in the larger fabric of life in Placerville that summer.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

Attorney Mona Ebrahimi, who represents the city of Placerville, said a hearing involving the city had been postponed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2024

She grew up in Placerville, a small town in the Sierra Nevada foothills between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe, and has seen firsthand how warming temperatures have reshaped the landscape.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

Then in good time they reached the mining town of Placerville, and at length Sacramento, the capital of California.

From The Western United States A Geographical Reader by Fairbanks, Harold W. (Harold Wellman)